{"id":6915,"date":"2018-05-09T11:29:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T11:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revistaespiritu.istomas.org\/the-reality-of-the-constituent-power-between-the-liberal-myth-and-the-counterrevolutionary-objection\/"},"modified":"2018-05-09T11:29:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T11:29:50","slug":"the-reality-of-the-constituent-power-between-the-liberal-myth-and-the-counterrevolutionary-objection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistaespiritu.istomas.org\/en\/the-reality-of-the-constituent-power-between-the-liberal-myth-and-the-counterrevolutionary-objection\/","title":{"rendered":"The reality of the constituent power, between the liberal myth and the counterrevolutionary objection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; 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Then comes a demonstration of the unviability of the concept that proposes that someone could be entitled to social or political command without exercising it (as postulated by the so-called \u201csovereignty of the people\u201d): as a matter of fact, social and political command is a form of legal power essentially linked to the performance of a duty, and therefore the holder of that power will be the person who (legitimately) exercises command; some remarks on the so called sovereignty \u201cin the State\u201d and on the real sovereignty of the State; and finally a suggestion in favor of a realistic view of the causal role of consensus at the constitutional level. Part II aims to give a systematic answer to the question of the constituent power. Firstly, the two terms that make up the locution are analyzed (i. e., \u201cpolitical power\u201d and \u201cconstitution\u201d). Then it is made clear that the constituent power is one of the functions of political power. Consequently, it is concluded that the principle of the constituent power of the people (or the nation) has no foundations in objective reality. 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Then comes a demonstration of the unviability of the concept that proposes that someone could be entitled to social or political command without exercising it (as postulated by the so-called \u201csovereignty of the people\u201d): as a matter of fact, social and political command is a form of legal power essentially linked to the performance of a duty, and therefore the holder of that power will be the person who (legitimately) exercises command; some remarks on the so called sovereignty \u201cin the State\u201d and on the real sovereignty of the State; and finally a suggestion in favor of a realistic view of the causal role of consensus at the constitutional level. Part II aims to give a systematic answer to the question of the constituent power. Firstly, the two terms that make up the locution are analyzed (i. e., \u201cpolitical power\u201d and \u201cconstitution\u201d). Then it is made clear that the constituent power is one of the functions of political power. 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